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l PAPER BAG. APPUCATION FILED A `UG.251 1914.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

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SAMUEL S. STEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER BAG.

1'0 a/ whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. STEIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of N eiv York, borough of Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Paper Bag, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

Iy invention relates to paper bags and A particularly to handles therefor, whereby anumber of bags can be conveniently carried together without any danger lof losing any of the bags or the contents thereof. ff

It is customary whenfmerchandise is dispensed in paper bags to give the bags tothe purchaser Withthe mouth thereof crumpled, Aand if the purchaser has a jnumber of such bags in his hand he has to hold them together by the crumpled ends, and some of the bags are not directly engaged by the fingers of the hand and may easily slip The object of' the invention is to provide a bag which will eliminate these undesirable features of the ordinary paper bag; and I have designed a bag which is simple and inexpensive, the mouth of which can be crum-v the bag.

'vation of a bag With the above and other objects in vievv, the nature of which Will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawitvs, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and Figure 1 is an embodiment of my invention in elevation showing the same before merchandise has been placed. therein; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the bag showing the mouth thereof crumpled by the handle of the bag; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on line 3-3, Fig. 1; Fig. 4f is an elewith a single flexible handle: Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section on line 55, F ig. e; Fig. 6 is a View of a. modi- Spccicaiton of Letters Patent.

Application led August 25, 1914.

Patented Mar. 21, 191e. serial No. 858,431.'

lied attachment of the handle to the bag; and Fig. 7 1s a fragmentary vertical section on line 7-7, Fig. 6.

Referring to the drawings, more particularly to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 8 represents a paper bag each side of which adjacent the mouth is provided with' a pair of handle connecting means vor flexible tabs 9, preferably made of fiber, secured to the sides adjacent the edges of the bag by eyelets l0. The said tabs 9 are preferably in the shape of an elongated oval the larger end of which is at the eyelct while the other smaller end is provided with an opening receiving a flexible member 1l, such as twine, which is made endless by securing the ends together. These flexible members 11 forming vthe handles are normally double, as shown in Fig. 1, and disposed on the exterior side of the bag. By pulling on the double handles the mouth of the bag will open and thereby facilitate the placing of the merchandise therein. The bag can be carried by engaging the double handles if desired, but preferably the mouth of the bag is crumpled by pulling on one of the double parts of each handle, thereby causing the same to move in the tabs 9 until they are drawn toward one another as indicated in Fig. 2. Each handle will then appear to be formed of a single flexible member and can be easily engaged bythe hand or placed on lthe Wrist to carry the bag.

In Figs. Il and ay flap 12, indica-ted in dotted lines in Fig. 4. In this case preferably only one handle is used, secured to the side which has the flap 12 extending over the other side. In this case, similarly, a fiexible member 11 engaging the tabs 9 is secured to the side of the bag by eyelets 10. It is self-evident that if desired two handles may be provided for the bag, as shown in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, by placing the tabs 9 far enough` from the mouth of the bag so as not to interfere with the flap 12.

In the modified structure shown inF-igs. 6 and7 thefhandles 13are connected to the bag 14 by providing in the sides of the bag ad jacent the mouth eyelets 15 through which `the flexible member forming the handle This structure eliminates the use of v passes. l the handle connecting members 9.

From the foregoing descrlptlon, taken 1n connection with the accompanying drawings, y

the advantage ofthe construction and operation of the device shown will be readily have described the by those skilled .in the art to which the invention pertains, and lWhile I principle' of operation, together with the de-vice which I now con- Sider to be the best embodiment thereof, I

understood I desire to have it understood that the device i claim as new shown is merelyi'llustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are wit-hin the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I and desire to secure by Letters Patent: l

1. A. flat paper bag, an endless twine'loop forming a handle therefor, independentv spaced apart flexible tabs having an eye at one end associated with the twine loop, and

.eyelets securing said tabs at their opposite end to the bag adjacent its mouth and each n side edge.

'2. A fiat paper bag, an endless twinemember forming a handle for the bag, indepencll ent spaced-apart'l fiber tabs adjacent `the mouth and each side edge of the bag and having an eye at one end for'slidably retaining said twine member, *and eyelets securing sald tabs at their ends opposite the eyes to the bag.

8. A flat paper bag, independent elongated .flexible tabs having perforations adjacent one end and rigidly secured at their opposite ends to the outer face of each side Wall near its upper end and adjacent the side edges of the saine, and an independent endless flexible loop passing through the perforated tabsonly on each side ol the bag, said independ ent -loops together constituting a handle member and constricting means for the open end of the bag, whereby the'` mouth of the bag may be crumpled and collapsed in all directions.'

4. A flat paper bag, a pair of eyeletsin each wall near its upper end and adjacent 

